Re: Henry's 55 Constellation

Posted by Larry51 On 2013/2/19 18:40:41

Hank, I reckon you can do the filling / blocking / etc yourself, it's mainly time (lots of it) and patience that you'll need! The skills come quickly after a few attempts.

You have mastered your resto so well, done an amazing job that's a credit to you (- look back at page 1 of your blog). So maybe give it a go?

You can always try it out on just one guard (or trunk lid or other panel) and see how you go. Can't really do any harm. I think it's very satisfying to do it yourself if time permits. But I must say if you know someone who does a great job for a very good price then that can be a better path to a really top job.

I don't want to talk you into something you will dislike doing but there's a few basic tricks to follow and the rest is common sense. You'll want to start on good straight metal that is reasonably true to shape /correct and not hopelessly wobbly / stretched etc - that's the biggest issue to overcome. Get the metal right first, which might mean professionally done for you. If you reckon you'll give it a go I can post a few hints here for you. I'm only self-taught but maybe a few ideas will be useful.